Press Releases

Read about the development of AGRANA’s business operations in our press releases and other publications.

AGRANA Annual General Meeting approves unchanged dividend

Today’s Annual General Meeting of AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft approved the payment of a EUR 1.95 dividend per share, which reflects the prior year distribution.

AGRANA continues growth course during first quarter of 2006|07

The AGRANA Group was able to increase revenues by 67.3 percent over the comparable prior year period to € 472.0 million for the first quarter of the current financial year (March 1 to May 31, 2006).

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Restructuring of Fruit Division completed

The AGRANA Group will complete the restructuring of its Fruit Division in mid-year. Beginning from July, this business area will consist of two newly created umbrella companies: AGRANA Fruit S.A. based in Paris and AGRANA Juice GmbH based in Gleisdorf/Austria. AGRANA…

AGRANA launches Apple Juice Production in China

AGRANA, the leading European producer of apple juice concentrates, signed a Joint Venture Agreement in China.  It has acquired a 50 per cent stake in concentrates manufacturer Xianyang Andre Juice Co. Ltd, which is a subsidiary of Hong Kong listed company Yantai North Andre…

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AGRANA launches raw sugar joint venture in Bosnia and Herzegovina

AGRANA, the leading sugar and starch producer in Central and Eastern Europe, is expanding its activities towards the Western Balkans.AGRANA will establish a raw sugar refinery in Brcko jointly with the Bosnian-Austrian company SCO Studen & CO Holding/Vienna as 50% partner.…

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AGRANA expanded by 52.9 per cent in the 2005|06 financial year

The AGRANA Group attained revenue growth of 52.9 per cent to € 1,499.6 million in the 2005|06 financial year (1 March 2005 through 28 February 2006), as against € 981.0 million in 2004|05.

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AGRANA - Provisional Results for the 2005|06 Financial Year

According to provisional figures, the AGRANA Group’s revenues grew by 52.9 per cent to € 1,499.6 million in the 2005|06 financial year.  Profit from operating activities grew by 9.6 per cent to € 99.5 million.  The closure of two out of AGRANA’s 11 sugar factories caused one-off…

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AGRANA fixes 100 per cent acquisition of Steirerobst

AGRANA has signed a contract for the complete acquisition of Steirerobst AG as of the end of February 2006 with the present co-owners (Raiffeisen-Landesbank Steiermark, Landes-Land- wirtschaftskammer Steiermark and Grazer Wechselseitige Versicherung).

New EU Sugar CMO will compel AGRANA to Rationalize Operations

Retention of Austria’s Status as a Sugar-Making Country EssentialToday, the Supervisory Board of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG met to discuss the effects of the reform of the EU sugar CMO agreed in November 2005 and developments in the WTO and their consequences for the enterprise.…

AGRANA - Sharp Increase in Revenues during the First Three Quarters of 2005|06

The AGRANA Group’s revenues during the first three quarters of the current 2005|06 financial year (1 March through 30 November 2005) surged by 49 per cent compared with the same period of 2004|05 to total € 1,121.5 million (Q1 – Q3 2004|05: € 753.0 million)